Red Dwarf REACTION | Emohawk: Polymorph II Series 6 Ep 4 | Gallifrey Gals Get Dwarfed

[@billylin8800]

it's essential that we-*IT'S THE WALL!*

[@alexvoutsis9836]

Shame overload I-I-I sorry.

[@evrbody]

BROTHER

[@Maybonics]

"A plan with no drawbacks" has always been my favourite line.

[@donkfail1]

Kat mentioning in the intro that they didn't know what they got into when starting to watch Red Dwarf. I'd say they still don't know. This show just reinvented itself over and over and changing from season to season. Hopefully they'll keep enjoying it as much as they have.

[@aaronmcmahon7462]

For a callback (but wait until series 7) watch "Can't Smeg, Won't Smeg", which features Ainsley Harriot in his usual role as celebrity chef (instead of being a GELF chieftain), getting the Dwarfers to cook a curry. It's hilarious.

[@DaviniaHill]

The crowd went crazy for the reveals of Duane and Ace.

[@SamuelBlack84]

What a guy

[@nicholasbuckley-jubb3940]

what a dibbly!

[@ChristopherStendeck]

Every week you gals skip a Dwarf reaction feels like a year 😅

[@evrbody]

The reveal of Ace Rimmer had to be reshot because the ovation from the audience lasted a full ten minutes.

[@Someguyhere111]

I love randomly shooting and yelling "It's the wall!" in the middle of a horror game or spoopy section in a shooter. It only sometimes gets me killed :D

[@anicetune]

14:50 I was entertained! 😃 ... aww, it finished

[@hellsbunniestv584]

Fun fact: The GELF bride, in this, is actually the legendary TV chef, Ainsley Harriot, who back then was in a comedy duo. Most the extras were staffed from comedians. :) Levi jeans as a currency, back then, was a reference to the jeans being items brought to East Germany, by western tourist as an item that could be easily passed through customs and sold for a lot of money. About $500 in today's money.

[@SPM0717]

Actually Ainsley is the chief. Steven Wickham is the bride.

[@hellsbunniestv584]

@@SPM0717 I feel such a fool! :D

[@StillABigKid]

The way the room is split by that blind made me think you were back to filming at your respective homes😅. "Snookered" comes from the game, snooker where you play the cue ball into a position to make it difficult for your opponent to play the shot they wanted.

[@jimcook1161]

Dwayne Dibbley and Ace Rimmer in the same episode... doesn't get much better!

[@Capohanf1]

UNTIL the Dibbley FAMILY IS introduced!

[@Helbore]

Kat Google'd the answer too quickly and robbed us of more fun Paula faces!

[@cathyvickers9063]

My first encounter with GELF (Genetically Engineered Life Form) will always be SeaQuest DSV, the scifi series set on a futuristic submarine. I think it was season 2 that introduced the gelf failed super soldiers & their rebellion against human control. One of these "Daggers," Dagwood, permanently joined the crew. Great first 2 seasons, then new guy took over who hated the fantastic scifi elements, & had the sub mysteriously transplanted to a darker, dystopian future, essentially killing the show.

[@nathanbrady2704]

look up a uk tv chef called Ainsley Harriot, he played Listers bride

[@darrynwalker6270]

The reason they are on the Starbug in this series, and the final episode of series 5, Back to Reality, is because the Red Dwarf model spaceship was destroyed during the filming of series 5's Angels and Demons. When you saw the ship blow up, you really saw it blow up.

[@RetroRobotRadio]

Fans kept complaining that they wanted Dwayne and Ace to return... So the writers finally gave in and just wrote this episode to make them happy.

[@Gehri_soch2.0]

I never saw the appeal of Dwayne Dibley I always preferred Cat's what is it?

[@drewblack3442]

“Well I’m pooped. Straight to bed for me.” A quote in my regular rotation.

[@RetroRobotRadio]

So many callbacks! The Emohawk was a callback to the episode Polymorph. The GELFS were a callback to the episode Camelle (she was a GELF). Dwaine was a callback to the episode Back to Reality. Ace was a callback to the episode Dimension Jump.

[@djco5782]

Red Dwarf: GELF (Genetically Engineered Life Form) Doctor Who: Gelth.

[@85priesty]

It was a rule with Red Dwarf, no aliens. Everything is genetically engineered or created by humans...

[@CyberNatasha]

This episode is full of callbacks, Polymorph, "Duane Dibbley" and "Ace" and it's played very well! "I'm just gonna slip into something more comfortable... it's called Starbug"

[@veryvarley6706]

If you were not aware, the plan was to have no aliens in the show. GELF -- genetically engineered life form -- and all the other things ( Camille - the despair squid are supposed to have originated from Earth.

[@georgeowain]

And yet they planned to feature the Daleks. But couldn't secure the rights.

[@MixMasterRickyC]

I’ve seen Red Dwarf so many times over the years but watching it again with you two feels like watching it all over again. Boys from the Dwarf!

[@Gehri_soch2.0]

Soo many times so you've seen all 12 seasons and the special?

[@mitchellbowker6017]

For 2.5 mins I thought it was split screen, and you both were in different places. Just the placement of the folding wall behind Kat caused an illusion in my brain! silly brain :P

[@M-E_123]

I'm going to predict Paula will like Series 7, Kat will be more mixed on it. Neither will like Series 8 or Back To Earth - for very different reasons.

[@jpwphoenix1701]

I love that this episode cleverly managed to bring back two fan favourite alternate versions of two characters. Always love some Dwayne Dibbley, but who knew we’d see him paired up with Ace Rimmer!😎🤓

[@TommyIsATwat]

I did that hand/leg shake stuff a few years back in Texas when I went there, I passed it off as as something that English people do, it was a lot of laughs. People from Texas/New Orleans were real good sports, pissing about with this type of silliness.

[@wyrmshadow4374]

I tried doing it in middle school after I saw the episode. My friends called me an idiot. Yes I'm in Texas

[@TommyIsATwat]

@@wyrmshadow4374 well good on you, who cares if we are behaving like idiots really

[@jonnycola86]

I agree guys have the right to say No too! Consent needs to work both ways.

[@runningsuperska]

Well done girls. It’s great to laugh along with you.

[@paulwatson9486]

These are the best two back to back episodes.

[@AddSerious]

this was the 1at episode of RD I saw, when it was new. Instantly fell in love with the crew

[@wilhelmredhood7296]

If I heard someone singing that in my street, I’d be stoked. I live on a busy intersection, and all I hear is the occasional road rage. “Wanker”, “Moron” etc…

[@JohnDoe-vy6ju]

We miss the skutters, too. And hey, they did change the bulb: it's a red alert now. While S6 is still "the golden age" you've likely noticed the heavier reliance on the running gags: Rimmer misquoting a space corps directive, Cat's otherwise awesome plans having two drawbacks or declaring something deader than (insert outdated fashion staple here). And here, along those lines, we start to see recurring cameos: Duane Dibley, Ace Rimmer, and even The Polymorph. Rob Grant apparently saw this as the writing on the wall in the form of this repetition, while Doug Naylor disagreed.

[@BlameThande]

This episode wasn't meant to be episode 4 I think (you'll see what I mean when you see how 5 follows on from 3). So maybe it should have been episode 3! The BBC VHS also got the title wrong as "Emohawk II: Polymorph". Originally it was meant to be "Polymorph II: Emohawk" and someone complained it sounded like a football score! Also, Robert Llewelyn had real trouble with the "At least Mr Lister's guitar survived intact" line, as seen on the Smeg Ups. A lot of great jokes in this one, and the GELFs (like the Simulants) became a useful source of antagonists when humans are supposed to be extinct and there are no aliens.

[@Roberto_79]

Any episode with Dwayne Dibley and it is always a favourite of mine😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@person.probably]

I dont think ive seen this episode since i was a teenager. I'm kinda impressed by how they did Lister's wedding scene. Just seems a bit less 'haha man nearly got sa'd' and a bit more, 'hey fellow men, this is how this would feel'. Idk if i missed that before or if I'm reading into it now. Also the gelf (genetically engineered life forms)! All gelf are descended from lifeforms originally designed and grown by humans. In the books they got tired of being treated like objects/slaves and left earth to develop their own societies. I think they also put something in about them showing up more in later seasons because the dwarfers were actually getting closer to earth.

[@glennwhittaker197]

Great episode Gals, loved your laughter to this one 😂👍🏻👍🏻 As I’m in work lateer this morning I started with the BBC iPlayer & then your reaction 🤖🤣😹H 🚀 🇬🇧🤝🏻🇺🇸

[@natmanprime4295]

great show great reaction, good to see you back

[@stevencavanagh7990]

with the Gelfs they are like the Nox from Stargate, they live primitivly but have super advanced tech.

[@supernovaleftover1812]

I can see some similarities but I think the main difference is that they lack the advanced morality of the Nox.

[@rarepears]

You guys are gonna LOVE series 8 /s

[@knitcrochettiger361]

Americans call him Big Foot...Indigenous Americans call him Sasquatch....Aborigine of Australlia call him the Bunyip....Tabetians call him Yeti.....and he's called other things in other parts of the world....but seems to be the pretty much the same species

[@williamcrowe2576]

Danny actually got injured by the blast, a piece of broken glass cut his face. Apart from that, it did have some good callbacks to "Dimension Jump" and "Back to Reality".

[@jonathanross149]

We knew what you were getting into when you started Red Dwarf.

[@seanmcmichael2551]

Hagh hagagh hagh, hagh hagagath. I loved Kat joining in on that piece of alien rapid repartee and scintillating wit.

[@ajivins1]

I'm going to skip into something more comfortable... It's called Starbug!

[@Gehri_soch2.0]

The missus

[@richardscratcher6075]

"Moss Bros" (Moss Brothers) is a menswear retailer set up in 1851 that specializes in clothing for formal occasions.

[@AlmightyCRJ]

"I am not the cross between the talking clock, Moss bros & Teasey Weasey!"

[@BlameThande]

Who messed up one of my mates' order for his wedding a decade ago so we've now all sworn off them. Actually it's interesting to see foreign reactions to Red Dwarf because you notice which references are recognised abroad and which aren't.

[@richardscratcher6075]

​@@BlameThande "Trans Am wheel arch nostrils" might be a case in point. 🙂

[@alwillcox]

Not to be confused with Bros - the 17th greatest British pop duo of 1987.

[@scottythedawg]

@@richardscratcher6075 considering trans am is an american car I think it probably travels rather better in the US than it does here in the UK

[@belugatoons]

Babe, wake up, the Gallifrey Gals are gettin' Dwarfed!

[@ImpInMyHead]

I thought Cat smelling was a great callback all the way back to Series 1 (I believe that's right) when Lister is trying to learn to read the books of Cat's people. Referring to reading by smells instead of markings/lettering. That leading to Cat showing Lister the book about the feline religion.

[@duncanmcrae-spencer4518]

ALSO in S2E6 where they enter the female parallel universe ship and he mentions something smells strange (ie the dog). it's a huge leap of logic, but the cat smelling stuff is there if you want it to be...

[@ihateunicorns867]

It’s funny that you think of Doctor Who when you see the GELF. For me, as I watched this back in the 90s, I thought of Red Dwarf when I saw that Doctor Who episode. I was half expecting the Doctor to suddenly go “Change of plan… LEG IT!” and make a dash for it.

[@garethholden8341]

In the Smeg ups, that Chicken was one hell of a diva... they needed one chicken, but they get the one chill chicken that wouldnt do what they wanted lol. Bigfoot, Sasquatch are the same, its just regional names for the same thing (hell american bigfoots have a ton of names)... Yetis are the same, same as Woodwoes (Britain), Orang Pendak (Indonesia), Yowie (Australia), Maero (NZ), Yeren (China), Almas (Mongolia) etc etc.

[@TechyMantis]

I love series 6, so many good episodes and funny moments. "Its the wall" is one i still chuckle to

[@alexthehunted]

Got to ask if you two cosplayed as red dwarf cast who would you cosplay?

[@willadeefriesland5107]

The 'bug crashed more than a Sinclair computer! Good thing it was made of 'child's doll' materials...

[@santanamauricio]

the gelf have space travel as they carved the asteroid skull.

[@spanners7343]

Gelf's are scavengers so they probable looted the O/G unit off a wreck. I love callbacks like this and this isn't the last one we'll see. Keep up the great content girls it's always fun to watch

[@Stephen-Fox]

Something I stumbled upon recently that you might be interested in taking a look at in your own leisure is some of the sketch comedy Robert Llewellyn was involved in prior to Red Dwarf as part of The Joeys. A stage act, pre cameras in everyone's pocket, so very little of it seems to be around, but it is fascinating. Self described as being comedy that explores "sexual politics between men" and... Yeah... I can't think of a better way of describing what I've seen of it. Basically sketch comedy talking about and depicting toxic masculinity and the negative impact it has on how men relate to other men.

[@Angelsilhouette]

For me, GELF will always be Genetically Engineered Life Form because I saw it on Red Dwarf long before Doctor Who.

[@therealpbristow]

Doctor Who's gas-aliens are Gelth, with a 'th' ending. Easily confused, though.

[@TenebrousFilms]

If there's one good thing about post-V, it's how the Starbug crashes have improved.

[@olivefernando7879]

in the novelisation she does it while he's asleep, he wakes up with her on top of him "doing it" so that's r-word, the novels are good but way darker than the show

[@DavidSmith-cx8dg]

The first episode reaction is a classic , Tv chef Ainsley Harriot played the gelf chief , an instant divorce for Lister and the Emohawk gave Dwayne Dibley and Ace a brief comeback . It's great seeing your first time reactions to Red Dwarf , reminds me of when I first saw the show .

[@SpudgunStreams]

@@TroyConvers5000 save that for after S7

[@BlameThande]

@@SpudgunStreams Yes, they should also do Universe Challenge and The A to Z of Red Dwarf from Red Dwarf Night - if only to see their reaction to "E".

[@TheGuardianofAzarath]

Didn’t Ainsley play the Gelf lister married? I’m pretty sure that was it. This was a good episode regardless.

[@PaulMclauchlin]

@@TheGuardianofAzarath He did.

[@SamuelBlack84]

I've never understood why they got a famous tv chef to act in a sitcom Is it because he's a fan?

[@dnf-dead]

The smeg ups for this episode were hilarious 😊

[@ClubCatJohnKite]

The Oxygen unit would have been taken from a derelict ship. The GELFs survive off stripping ships of whatever they can take.

[@runningsuperska]

👏

[@Jamienomore]

Very good Episode and Great Reactions Girls. 🧸🧸

[@pettytyrant2720]

In many cultures consummating a marriage on the night of the wedding is considered a part of the act of getting married. Its considered to make the marriage 'complete' following the Biblical tradition of man and woman becoming one in marriage through the act. When Lister agreed to the marriage and said "I do" he was also consenting to the consummation in the eyes of his new wife, so it's perfectly understandable on her part that is what she expected.

[@LazarusKing1990]

Paula & Kat!!!😁😁👍🏻👍🏻 Hope everything’s going good behind the scenes, both with the channel and privately. Cuddle hugs to both of you lovely ladies!! 🤗🤗😁😁👍🏻👍🏻

[@leighmonty13]

Brilliant episode

[@jeffreyfittler623]

Welcome back, dwarfers

[@PreceptorGrant]

I just noticed the painting in the background! I have the same one in pride of place at home.

[@vincentking2552]

Never clicked on a video so fast. XD cos it's cold outside, there's no kind of atmosphere, I'm all alone, more or less...

[@whobp8]

Technically, with a polymorph, Ace Rimmer and Duane Dibbley, this episode has callbacks to Seasons three, four and five. The Gelf chief is played by Ainsley Harriot, who became a celebrity chef and hosted a show called Can't Cook, Won't Cook. For the tenth anniversary of Red Dwarf, the BBC had a night of programming featuring the Red Dwarf cast and Harriot hosted them on a show called Can't Smeg, Won't Smeg, where they cooked a meal while staying in character. The Cat, dressed as Duane Dibbley, pulls a brilliant on air prank on Harriot by switching the dish he was preparing for the one Harriot had made as a demonstration. It's a hoot and well worth checking out if you can find it on KZbin.

[@MrPaulb1982]

I told you it gets better the longer you watch it...4,5and 6 are definitely the funniest series.

[@zoppie]

Cat's obsession with clothes and being cool is apparently built on a deep-seated fear of being Duane Dibbley at his core. Duane's first appearance is totally imaginary -- a hallucination brought on by the despair squid. This is the first time Duane has been made flesh. Small inconsistency: When the first polymorph was destroyed, everyone instantly went back to normal. This time no. Instead of Cat running off to change, he remains "as is" long enough to dibbley the ending. As far as Ace goes, _he_ admits he doesn't want to go back to being the pratt version of Rimmer. The others prefer Ace over Rimmer, too. And why not? He'd actually become an asset to the team instead of a constant liability. So what possible in-world excuse would any of them have to "fix" him? (I know the creators weren't prepared to mess with the _status quo,_ but that's not the question.)

[@SamuelBlack84]

Maybe remaining as Ace would affect his program

[@DavidSmith-cx8dg]

He's got Aces bravery but none of the Space Corps training ?

[@Sandman_jazz1983]

This version of Ace isn't Ace, as Kryten points out- both Rimmer and Cat are currently unbalanced. They aren't the full versions of Ace or Duane, the Polymorph has torn a thread in their pysches, and they would slowly unravel.

[@JasonDeluna]

Am I the only one who thinks it looks like a giant sized gladius from SC?

[@Salfordian]

It went from two writers to one

[@lukewhiting3025]

Series 4&5 will always be my most favourite

[@no_no_just_no]

A little trivia but gelf is an acronym for Genetically Engineered Life Form, as Grant Naylor didn't like the idea of aliens.

[@alexfletcher5192]

Chris thought his wig was a serious downgrade on 'Dimension Jump' and it looks it. I suppose the priority by this point is starting to be the effects more. Of course it was still going out on BBC2, as a cult show. But them's the ones that last.

[@Capohanf1]

BUT wouldn't the logic be "Series 3 Episode 3" SO "Series 6 Episode 6"?

[@billdoor3140]

Of course, there's no actual confirmation Lister didn't consummate the marriage before he ran away....

[@sliverwolf1992]

Gals from the dwarf watch emohawk. Yeah Ace and Dwayne back and together 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@captmurdock]

Paula making Entertaining Faces while Kat looks up past episodes...💀. Love your reactions. Sasquatch is Bigfoot, the yeti is the Abominable Snowman. There's also supposedly an African variety called a kakundakari. and that's your cryptozoology lesson for the day. ❤️U both.

[@Paris.mcdonough]

So glad to see you gals love your reactions and views keep it coming

[@Chiggins_]

You can tell the difference between the real Ace and Rimmer with his emotions removed here, because he mentions sacrificing the Cat and breaking his neck, which Ace definitely wouldn't do. He's selfless, but he wouldn't allow someone to go down with him. It also doesn't take away Rimmer's utter lack of strategic skill, Ace's plan wouldn't have been anywhere near this stupid.

[@Chiggins_]

@@TroyConvers5000 "You can tell the difference between the Ace Rimmer you saw before, one of several bajillion multiversal alternate Rimmers who are all uniformly heroic because our Rimmer is uniquely cowardly, as displayed here when he etc. etc." There, does that reach your standard of pedantry?

[@Chiggins_]

@@TroyConvers5000 This really isn't worth it dude, see ya

[@Chiggins_]

@TroyConvers5000 not breaking, it's just energy draining. I used to be like you "um well ACSHUALLY you should've phrased it in this needlessly hyper specific way, so I'm gonna correct you on that". But I got over myself because that nitpicking, the way I was, the way you are, just sucks the joy out of things. Everyone would be there trying to have a discussion about what they enjoy and that kinda input stops it being fun. So I just don't have time for that negativity anymore.

[@deanthemachine8879]

Okay, Paula’s faces were VERY entertaining though

[@msr98111]

Series 7 & 8 bring a lot of fresh and fun ideas. But it might a lil while to adjust to it.

[@dnf-dead]

Gals from the Dwarf..😂😂

[@cyberash3000]

but paula, how d oyou know that YOUR Kat doesnt have the power to smell everything ,have you tested her power of smell? she might have that super power and you just havnt noticed it yet.

[@hotflakestom]

Those were some entertaining faces!

[@EmulsionTime]

"It's not like we could have predicted..." You say that, but how many correct predictions did psyKat make over the course of this episode?

[@KatAlysha]

Only one way to find out 😏😈

[@markc1793]

Fun fact for this episode, which probably won't mean much to you girls, but my fellow Brits might find interesting, one of the GELFS, i think it was the chief, was played by Ainsley Harriot, a celebrity chef on daytime tv here.

[@supernovaleftover1812]

As you're both connoisseurs of Sci-Fi, do either of you, or any of your subscribers, have any suggestions for something new to watch? My personal favourites are Doctor Who, The Martian and Silent Running. I've also seen every episode of Star Trek, Stargate and Red Dwarf several times but would like to try something new.

[@KatAlysha]

I've heard really great things about Babylon 5 and the Expanse! Haven't seen them myself, but they get recommended quite a bit from our subscribers!

[@MalcolmWolf]

My personal favourite Sci-Fi of all time is the Expanse.

[@AmazingJaze]

They don’t call it the weakest episode of the series for nothing

[@anthonygibbs-gv7qp]

Great reactions kat and paula u are now dwarfers glad u liked this episode wait till u see episode 5 ur gunna love it take care gals stay safe keep getting dwarfed ❤❤❤

[@kopynd1]

morning lasses

[@mikemeggison5084]

(Me from last week) Well, I'm just not gonna wait a week. (Stares at clock, and concentrates really hard. The clock speeds up, the sun rises and falls in a blur) I did it!! It's next week!!! ..and now I have to cry blood and go into a coma. G'night everybody!

[@slowerthinker]

Going back to the polymorph, bringing back Duane Dibbly.... we are not quite there yet but the water skis are being strapped on and there are sharks in the water.

[@JustJames83]

We’re here!!!! We’re finally here!!!

[@tigrecito48]

talking of walking barefoot.. i walked 25 miles last summer barefoot... took about 8 hours.. the last 4 miles was kinda painful.. had to take 4 ibuprofen

[@Swenglish]

The Space Corps Directives are basically becoming this show's equivalent to "Are you pondering what I'm pondering, Pinky?" "I think so, Brain, but..."

[@eddiebirdie1545]

Bob Skutter for President ✌❤🐦.